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”The sequel to the New York Times best seller” they said in the library and I took the book. I read the book called Hollow city, by Ransom Riggs. It was published in 2014. The Hollow city is the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children. And those two books about the peculiar children are the most famous books from the Ransom Riggs.

I have to say that I have little crush on Ransom Ring. I have watched a few of his interviews and I noticed that he is a smart guy and I like his lifestyle. But back to the case. I really like his writing style. With his mysterious and creepy style of writing, Riggs wrote a good horror book.

The book tells about 10 peculiar children’s life ( Jacob, Emma, Bronwyn, Millard, Horace, Olive, Enoch, Hugh, Claire, Fiona) they all have some peculiar talent. For example Horace suffers from premonitory visions and dreams.

The plot is simple. the children from Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children are trying to find a cure for their headmistress. On their journey for that well-defined medicine or what ever strange kind of cure they face lot’s of adversities. And they have to learn how to trust each other in that war-torn world full of strange phenomenons.

The language of the book is easy but there are lots of new and difficult words and the terms were from side to side. I think it could had been easier to understand those terms if I had read the first part. The narrator is one of the characters, one of the children.

The book is magnificent and formidable and I am especially fan of thrillers and books that tell about strange things. Reading a novel in English was hard and suffocating at first but when I got a hint of it the text just started to flow in my head and reading became more easier, almost no problem at all.

I spent an hour only choosing which film to watch. At first I thought that I would like to watch something impressive. For example The Bookthief or The Fault In Our Stars or The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. But those and the many other films were alreydy borrowed. So then I thought that maybe something romantic and a half hour later I decided that I just take the first film which seems good and just go and watch it. And I took the film which called 12 Years A Slave.

And I am so happy of my decision. The 12 Years A Slave which is directed by Steve McQueen. The Film was based on a true story and that’s why the story is so touching. And it tells about a black man’s life. The black man whose name is Solomon Northup lives a happy life with his wife and two childrens. And he is a free man. He is a literate and he plays the violin. But one day changed everything. Solomon was abducted and sold into slavery. And all what he had was gone. Even his own name.

I think the main thing which made the film so touching were the actors. They played their role so perfect. The pain and the suffering and all the tears seemed really real. And my favourite actor was Chiwetel Ejiofor who played the role of Solomon.

Also the great special effects and the beautifull and sensitive music which was made mostly by the violin were the reason which made the film so touching.

The film tells about the time before the human rights and how the white people could own the black people. And the white people have all the rights do what they wanted to do the black people. All the penalty with a birch and also all the suicide tries makes me feel aguished and in the end I cried and I couldn’t stop it.

In my opinion the film was successful one way or another, because it made an impression on me. And the message was clear and it made me think how happy we are and how well our things are going.